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2009-11-16 -Obits-

Cult actor Edward Woodward dies, aged 79

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Posted by anonymous5089 2009-11-16 09:34|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The Equalizer was an enjoyable series -- a fantasy about what a world with justice would be like.

Posted by Number 673927 2009-11-16 10:09|| 2009-11-16 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess the odds really are against us now.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-11-16 10:11|| 2009-11-16 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The Equalizer was an impressive show for several behind the scenes reasons. First of all, it got the "Sherlock Holmes effect" of people thinking it was real, and contacting the show hoping for help. They were given contact numbers to social service agencies.

Otherwise, during production, Woodward had a heart attack, and Robert Mitchum was brought in as a replacement.

They worked it into a plot line where Woodward had been kidnapped, and when he was finally "rescued", the still unsteady Woodward appeared being transported on a stretcher, which he needed, because standing up was problematic.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-16 10:24|| 2009-11-16 10:24|| Front Page Top

#4 "Shoot straight ya bastards, dont make a mess of it"
-- Breaker Morant

Posted by mojo 2009-11-16 12:25|| 2009-11-16 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Breaker Morant is one of my all-time favorites. A good man and a superb actor.

Posted by Steve White 2009-11-16 12:31|| 2009-11-16 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 We are all a bit poorer now.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-16 14:26|| 2009-11-16 14:26|| Front Page Top

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